Gökdeniz Karadeniz
Personal information
Full name	Gökdeniz Karadeniz
Date of birth	11 January 1980 (1980-01-11) (age 28)
Place of birth	Karadeniz Ereğli, Turkey
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Rubin Kazan
Number	61
Youth clubs
1995–1998	Trabzonspor PAF
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999–2008 2008–	Trabzonspor Rubin Kazan	246 (63) 0041 0(19)
National team2
1994-1996 1996-1998 1997-1998 2000–2001 2002-2003 2003–	Turkey U16 Turkey U17 Turkey U18 Turkey U21 Turkey B Turkey	014 0(0) 014 0(1) 010 0(0) 016 0(4) 002 0(0) 047 0(6)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 May 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 31 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Gökdeniz Karadeniz (born 11 January 1980 in Karadeniz Ereğli) is a Turkish football player for the team Rubin Kazan.^[1] He is also a member of the Turkish national team.

Career

Trabzonspor

Gökdeniz played 90 matches and scored 23 goals for Trabzonspor PAF between 1995-98. Then he played his first professional match for Trabzonspor in the 1999-00 season in senior level and making ten appearances. He was at first used in defensive roles by his manager, but was gradually given a more and more offensive role in the team until the 2003-04 season when he was given a much freer rein in midfield. His lightning step and effective understanding with fellow teammate Fatih Tekke enabled him to lead the clubs scorers that season with 13 goals.

Rubin Kazan

On 13 March 2008, he signed 5 years ^[2] deal with Russian club Rubin Kazan for € 8.7 million.Karadeniz mentioned that its sad for him to leave Turkey and also said he had chose the club because he fealt that if he had join a big team in europe his club would not have gotten as much money for him.[[1]]^[3].Karadeniz also said that another factor that persuaded him is that the region the club is from has a large muslim population and Karadeniz feals comfortable living amongst people of the same religion as him [[2]].

National team

He played his national team debut against Czech national football team on 30 April 2003. He also played 2 times for Turkey B national football team for Future Cup matches against Scotland and Germany and 16 times for Turkey U21.^[4] He has been called up for the UEFA Euro 2008 for Turkey.

Achievements

• Turkish Premier Super League:
  • Runners-up (2): 2003-04, 2004-05

• Turkish Cup:
  • Winners (2): 2003, 2004

• Turkey
  • FIFA Confederations Cup 2003: 3rd place

Referances